Repository Content

The Repository content section allows to view and manage current repository content as files and folders of repository folder.

The main window of Repository content section contains hierarchical tree of repository content displays all folders and files of current version of the repository with the list of all revisions for each product.

View Information on the Repository

To view information on all repository objects, select the object in the hierarchical tree of repository content. The properties panel with the following information will be opened:

•The Selected objects subsection contains detailed information on the object selected in the repository content tree: Type, Size (for separate file only), Creation date and Modification date.

•The Repository state subsection contains general information on all repository objects: current list of objects and the date of their last update.

Manage Repository

To manage repository content, use the following buttons on the toolbar:

Export repository file to an archive,

Import archive with repository files,

Delete selected objects—delete objects selected in the repository content tree without possibility to restore.

Repository Export

To save repository file into a zip archive, perform the following actions:

1.In the hierarchical tree of the repository content, select the product, separate product revision or entire repository. Entire repository will be exported if nothing is selected in the tree or the Repository tree header is selected. To select several objects, use ctrl or shift.

Please note the general type of exported objects during repository export:

a)Zip archives of repository products. Such archives contains one of the following repository object types:

•Entire repository.

•Entire product.

•Entire separate revision.

Archives generated during export of these objects can be imported via the Repository content section. The name of such archives contains the repository_ prefix.

b)Zip archives of separate repository files.

Archives generated during export of separated files and folders which are lower than objects from the a) item in the hierarchical tree, cannot be imported via the Repository content section. The name of such archives contains the files_ prefix.

Such archives can be used as backup copies of files for manual replacement. But it is not recommended to replace repository files manually, bypassing the Repository content section.

2.Click Export repository file to an archive on the toolbar.

3.Specify the path to save zip archive with selected repository object according to the web browser settings in which the Control Center is opened.

Repository Import

To load repository files from a zip archive, perform the following actions:

1.Click Import archive with repository files on the toolbar.

2.In the opened window, in the Select file section, specify the zip archive with repository files. To select the file you can use the button.

You can import only those zip archives that have been collected during the export of one of the following repository object types:

•Entire repository.

•Entire product.

•Entire separate revision.

The name of such archives during export contains the repository_ prefix.

3.In the Import settings section, specify the following parameters:

•Add missing revisions only—in this import mode, only those revisions of repository will be added that are missing in the current version. Other revisions remain unchanged.

•Replace entire repository—in this import mode, repository is fully replaced with the imported one.

•Set the Import configuration files flag to import configuration files when importing repository.

4.Click Import to start the import process.